Fifty-five child victims of online sexual abuse have been identified and safeguarded by gardaí in the last 15 months.

Excavators are being used to dig in a field in Donabate, north Dublin.

O’Keefe also said it was “past time” that the investigation had been set up as the O’Keefe Judgement had been in place since 2014.

Max Hollingsbee, 21, of Lurgan is to serve 31 months in prison and 31 months on licence.

Last September, CyberSafeKids published a report revealing that 65% of children aged eight to 12 in Ireland had been contacted by a stranger online.

Nine locations were searched and 18 devices have been seized as evidence.

Police have said David John Andrews’ offending spread across Britain.

Gardaí fear the Co Louth boy, who would now be eight years old, may have died in 2022

Alexander McCartney (26) has admitted 185 charges involving 70 child victims.

Caoilfhionn Gallagher, the State's special rapporteur on child protection, said the case was deeply concerning

The party member was suspended by Sinn Fein in 2023 and the incident was referred to the Police Service of Northern Ireland and social services.

The Sinn Féin president has hit out at the two former party press officers who provided a reference for McMonagle.

The Assembly Commission said it moved to cancel the Stormont access pass for the former press officer this week.

Regina Doherty made the remarks during hustings for some of the candidates vying for election as an MEP in the Dublin constituency.

Repeated disappearances of children has sparked calls for better controls to ensure that they are safe and protected

The Minister for Education said there was ‘very robust engagement’ at the meeting.